

What can we learn from serial celebrity break-ups, billionaire bust-ups, misbehaving spouses, pants-on challenged politicos and the ever-shifting landscape of divorce law? Question is, "What CAN'T we learn"? With latte in hand and clicky finger at the ready, dive in for the best in divorce news, views, gossip, and buzz – assembled below for your reading pleasure.

But why are we telling you about it? Firstly, because the same people who host Daddy Divorce Camps are in the process of putting together a Mommy Divorce Camp. And second, because while these getaways are intended specifically to help daddies, mommies and the rest of the family are supposed to benefit as well.
For about $600, attendees receive crash courses in a range of divorce-related issues — from legal and financial, to family and child matters — along with anger management and stress reduction techniques. Workshops take place to rebuild confidence and assist in the healing and closure process. Campers can also indulge in some extracurricular activities like sports, a comedy show, and poker.
The poker skills aside, it would seem enormously beneficial for at least one member of a splitting couple, if not both, to get better acquainted with the above issues — and take an anger management course or three. Also, as long as Daddy's new confidence doesn't turn into bullying, we'd much rather be dealing with a man in the process of finding himself, than one lost in a sea of fear, anger, and self-pity.
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Take Jermaine LaJaune Jackson, a.k.a. Muhammad Abdul Aziz, and his second wife Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza. The two split in 2005 after nine years of marriage, from which point Jermaine's been as much help as an umbrella in a hurricane.
Alejandra's broke and taking care of their two pre-teen sons, Jaffar and Jermajesty. (Jermaine has six other kids, and Alejandra two from a previous relationship with Jermaine's littlest brother, Randy.) She's now even resorted to living with Jackson's 78-year-old mother, Katherine, and says that Jermaine is responsible for $22,741 in debts and unpaid loans.
All to which Jermaine responds: "Get in line, woman!"
"I do not object to an appropriate level of child support," is his official line, according to court documents filed Tuesday as part of their ongoing divorce proceedings. "However, the reality is that [Alejandra] has knowingly misled this court into believing that I have income which I do not. I currently do not have any employment..."
"Thus I find myself in a Catch-22 situation where while I need money, I also need to be very cognizant of what employment I do undertake so as not to degrade my market value and ability to obtain legitimate work in the future. Unfortunately (and sadly), this troubling situation is very common in the entertainment industry."
Still, it's not for lack of trying. Since April, Jermaine's been in talks to team up with La Toya and Tito to serve as judges on a CBS show about the search for the next big band of brothers. We'd watch that!
He also says that he'd be happy to watch the kids if Alejandra wants to get off her butt and get a job.
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Resolution seems to have finally arrived for golfer Greg Norman and his wife of 25-years, Laura.
The two — who've been slogging through a nasty $500 million divorce — signed divorce papers this week in a Florida court, and agreed to divide their vast business empire.
While the terms of the deal remain sealed, Laura stands to receive the proceeds from the sale of their $21-million Jupiter Island mansion in Florida, along with a share of Norman's $500-million fortune.
Last we heard from these two, their camps were battling over arguably defamatory accusations that Norman had cut off Laura from her home and credit cards.
Some minor matters are yet to be resolved — like who's responsible for the tax liability on their private jet — but the ex-pair seem ready to put the whole mess behind them. Press reports noted both Norman and Laura appeared emotionally shaken in court. With the heat of the battle over, it looks like these two are beaten and bruised.
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Case in point: Debra Opri, the reptile-esque attorney who once represented Pamela Bach, is now after an additional $150,000 from David Hasselhoff's ex-wife. All parties are expected to meet before a judge today to sort out the financials, sources tell the self-proclaimed queen of all media, Perez Hilton.
Double-dipping is nothing new for Opri (pictured here with the godfather of soul James Brown), who made headlines when she demanded hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees from former client Larry Birkhead, Anna Nicole Smith's former lover and father of her baby.
Marking six degrees of trash, Kevin Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, recently filed a motion to be removed from the Bach case--a proposal Bach shot down.
Call her a tough-love feminist, Opri has a long history of boldly representing saints like James Brown, when he was accused of sexual harassment by a former employee, and Michael Jackson's parents, Joe and Katherine Jackson, when their son was charged with child molestation.
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"You'll get a share," was the message Angela Kelly, 40, sent Wednesday to her ex, Gerry Kelly, who is quite possibly the luckiest man to have ever walked on British soil. Potentially complicating matters, the couple was never officially divorced, in part to minimize the split's impact on their only son John, who was 6 at the time. Still, Angela Kelly told the British press that she's happy to spread her newfound wealth.
"Me and Gerry have always got on well since we split up," she said. Since their split Angela has been dating another postal worker from the same local "sorting office."
One message to draw from this tale? Good things come to those who can sustain cordial relations with their exes. Or, perhaps, civility and politness are thoroughly British traits!
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